Project Manager - Engineer 2 Graduate

Minnesota Department of Transportation; Roseville (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota Department of Transportation in Minnesota is seeking a Project Manager to oversee projects from Minor to Moderate scale, leading a team and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards.

The role emphasizes risk management, communications with public and officials, scope changes, dispute resolution, and financial oversight across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university AND two years post-graduation civil engineering work.
• A Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited college/university or equivalent AND one year post-graduation civil engineering work.
• A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
• Human Relations skills that demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with the public, businesses, elected officials and other governmental organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing sufficient to give direction, facilitate meetings, make public presentations, presentations and answer project specific and policy questions and to write letters and other documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management for Minor to Moderate projects and oversee deliverables.
• Organize a project management team and lead communications for the project.
• Manage risk and coordinate with the team to minimize risk and handle issues.
• Manage project scope and the process to change the scope.
• Resolve disputes and oversee the financial aspects of the project(s).
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously.

Skills

FE exam

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (ABET)

Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

This position exists to provide project management responsibilities for projects or tasks ranging from Minor Projects to Moderate Projects for the Metropolitan District. The responsibilities of this position include the management of the quality of the products produced, organization of a project management team and providing leadership for the team to ensure the completion of the products or tasks, managing the communications specific to the project or task; including both internal communications and external communications, managing the risk associated with each project and coordination with the project team to minimize risk and/or manage the risk, management of the scope of the project and the process to change the scope, manage the process to resolve disputes, and manage the financial aspects of the projects or tasks. This position will be responsible for multiple projects at one time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited college or university AND two years post-graduation civil engineering work.

OR

• A Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited college/university or equivalent AND one year post-graduation civil engineering work.

AND

• A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
• Human Relations skills that demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with the public, businesses, elected officials and other governmental organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing sufficient to give direction, facilitate meetings, make public presentations, presentations and answer project specific and policy questions and to write letters and other documentation.